In this lesson students will write a personal decalogue for themselves, create a decalogue for an imaginary character and then, in the spirit of Because of Winn Dixie By Kate DiCamillo, they will write a short story where two characters interact as one character shares his/her decalogue out loud. For older students, use this book a as supplemental reading material, or for younger students teach the lesson as a stand-alone resource. [PDF]

Concepts

voice, because of winn dixie, kate dicamillo

Show More Show Less

Additional Tags

decalogue, northern nevada writing project, writing prompts

Show More Show Less

Classroom Considerations

• This resource is only available on an unencrypted HTTP website.It should be fine for general use, but don’t use it to share any personally identifiable information